Comments on: Autumn Symphony, Orchestra at Temple Square

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:27:40 +0000

That, Steve G., and we're just so dang nice.

By: Steve G.

Steve G. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:37:43 +0000

I’m guessing the mormon predilection to applaud every number stems from the repressed ability to applaud at all when mormons witness musical numbers in sacrament meeting. When mormons are finally allowed to applaud, they do so with gusto.

By: Ben Pratt

Ben Pratt — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:59:16 +0000

What a treat!

By: Michelle Glauser

Michelle Glauser — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:15:49 +0000

Impressive list. I’m glad you got to enjoy it.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:01:18 +0000

Yeah, thanks for this. I loved how, in one breath you confess your supposed musical ignorance, and in the other you say something so erudite and perceptive as, "it was a pleasure to listen to live music, just as it came from the strings and horns, without second chances to get it right, music unfiltered through amplifiers and speakers." Brava!

By: m&m

m&m — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:43:28 +0000

every time we applaud an individual number

I must admit I haven’t seen that. But I smiled at the general question about standing ovations at the end.

Maybe it’s the same thing that leads many bloggers to use exclamation points!!!!! When we feel, we feel strongly!!!!

(????)

Sounds like a lovely concert. Gonna go look up that 12-year-old. Wow.